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idiosyncreant) wrote2012-01-02 09:22 pm
idiosyncreant) wrote2012-01-02 09:22 pm
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I began as I mean to go on, but now it's time for a little self-reflection...
Today my knitting projects helped me start a couple of decent dramas, and finish one.
(I'm on introvert recovery still--after trying to spend holiday time with the family, having both my brother and Dad around through today, and having to do the housekeeping the past two days...well. Still catching up. It's been a long month.)
The one I'll mention, though is "In Time With You", a Taiwanese drama.
The set-up is that these two are besties, always there for each other (except for getting a little busy when they're in relationships). They were rivals, enemies in high school, at which time the hero told the girl "I think you are a really cool woman. ...But don't misunderstand! I could never be in love with you."
Yeah.
Of course I'm a sucker for stories where the slow discovery of someone is central. And the appeal of the show was in the fact that its two sweet people just living lives where they sometimes miss each other coming or going.
They have a relationship that's worked for the past 15 years, and though the lens they see each other though is a little blinded by that high school beginning, there's also a reason to keep that equilibrium.
Of course, the ego-soothing part of this show is that they're both turning 30 in the year of the drama's events, and the 25-year-old new employees are talked about as "Too young, right?" Hah.
The closing of this show may be the one that was the most satisfying in feeling like, "YES, this was what was supposed to happen." Without any discussion of destiny, the fact that they're going to spend the rest of their lives together is *right*.
Delivery on soaring love stories is a bit harder to end since you know that every day life is going to take some of the shine off that chemistry...
***
That ran too long. Without further ado, I'm going to post my complete list of dramas I've watched under a cut. ;)
(i) means didn't watch totally, "incomplete" -- this largely means I skipped a large section because I'd seen what I wanted.
(o) means watched the opening, less than 5 eps. -- in some cases, this means less than the whole first
[ ] means intend to watch, have read recaps
KOREAN DRAMAS
1% of Anything (i)
18 vs. 29 (i)
Baby-Faced Beauty (o)
Bad Family (o)
Boys Before Flowers
[Can't Lose]
City Hall (i)
City Hunter
Coffee House (i)
Couple or Trouble
Creating Destiny/Seeking Love (o)
Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang (i)
Dream High (2x)
Fireworks
Flower Boy Ramyun Shop
Fugitive: Plan B
Full House (i?)
Goong (o)
Goong S/Prince Hours (o)
Greatest Love (o)
He Who Can't Marry (o)
Marry Me! (o)
Hello My Teacher/Biscuit Teacher, Star Candy
I Am Sam (o)
Last Scandal (o)
Lie To Me (i)
Manny (o)
Marry Me! (o)
Mary Stayed Out All Night (o)
Playful Kiss/Mischievous Kiss
My Girl (o)
My Name is Kim Sam-Soon
My Princess
Myung Wol The Spy (i)
Oh, My Lady
One Fine Day (o)
My Fair Lady (o)
Pasta
Personal Preference
Prosecutor Princess
Protect the Boss
Really Really Like You (o)
Scent of a Woman
Secret Garden
She Is Nineteen (o)
[Special Investigation Team]
Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Take Care of the Young Lady (o)
The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince
The Sons of Sol Pharmacy House (o)
The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry (o)
Three Dads One Mom
Witch Yoo Hee
Who Are You? (o)
You're Beautiful
TAIWANESE DRAMAS
Because of You [(o)]
Brown Sugar Macchiato (o)
Bull Fighting
Calling Big Star (i)
Devil Beside You (2x)
Down With Love (2x)
Easy Fortune Happy Life (i)
Fated to Love You (i)
Hana Kimi - Taiwan -
Hayate The Combat Butler (o)
Heaven's Wedding Gown (o)
Hi, My Sweetheart (o)
In Time With You (watching now)
It Started With a Kiss+They Kiss Again (o)
Love Buffet (o)
Love Contract (o)
Love You/Drunken to Love You
Marmalade Boy (i)
Meteor Garden (i)
Miss No Good
Momo Love (o)
P.S. Man
Prince Turns to Frog
Sunshine Angel (o)
The Magicians of Love (i)
ToGetHer
Why Why Love (o)
JAPANESE DRAMAS
Abarenbo Mama (o)
Absolute Boyfriend (o)
Atashinchi no Danshi
Attention Please
Boku to Kanojo no XXX (i)
Boys Este
Hana Kimi
Hana Yori Dango
Happy Boys (o)
Haruka 17
Himitsu no Hanazono
Honey And Clover (o)
Hotaru no Hikari (o)
Ikemen desu ne
Itazura na Kiss
Kimi wa Petto
Lovely Complex
Mei-chan no Shitsuji
Nobuta wo Produce
One Pound Gospel (o)
Ouran High School Host Club (o)
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge [Wallflower]
Yankee-kun to Megane-chan
(I'm on introvert recovery still--after trying to spend holiday time with the family, having both my brother and Dad around through today, and having to do the housekeeping the past two days...well. Still catching up. It's been a long month.)
The one I'll mention, though is "In Time With You", a Taiwanese drama.
The set-up is that these two are besties, always there for each other (except for getting a little busy when they're in relationships). They were rivals, enemies in high school, at which time the hero told the girl "I think you are a really cool woman. ...But don't misunderstand! I could never be in love with you."
Yeah.
Of course I'm a sucker for stories where the slow discovery of someone is central. And the appeal of the show was in the fact that its two sweet people just living lives where they sometimes miss each other coming or going.
They have a relationship that's worked for the past 15 years, and though the lens they see each other though is a little blinded by that high school beginning, there's also a reason to keep that equilibrium.
Of course, the ego-soothing part of this show is that they're both turning 30 in the year of the drama's events, and the 25-year-old new employees are talked about as "Too young, right?" Hah.
The closing of this show may be the one that was the most satisfying in feeling like, "YES, this was what was supposed to happen." Without any discussion of destiny, the fact that they're going to spend the rest of their lives together is *right*.
Delivery on soaring love stories is a bit harder to end since you know that every day life is going to take some of the shine off that chemistry...
***
That ran too long. Without further ado, I'm going to post my complete list of dramas I've watched under a cut. ;)
(i) means didn't watch totally, "incomplete" -- this largely means I skipped a large section because I'd seen what I wanted.
(o) means watched the opening, less than 5 eps. -- in some cases, this means less than the whole first
[ ] means intend to watch, have read recaps
KOREAN DRAMAS
1% of Anything (i)
18 vs. 29 (i)
Baby-Faced Beauty (o)
Bad Family (o)
Boys Before Flowers
[Can't Lose]
City Hall (i)
City Hunter
Coffee House (i)
Couple or Trouble
Creating Destiny/Seeking Love (o)
Delightful Girl Choon-Hyang (i)
Dream High (2x)
Fireworks
Flower Boy Ramyun Shop
Fugitive: Plan B
Full House (i?)
Goong (o)
Goong S/Prince Hours (o)
Greatest Love (o)
He Who Can't Marry (o)
Marry Me! (o)
Hello My Teacher/Biscuit Teacher, Star Candy
I Am Sam (o)
Last Scandal (o)
Lie To Me (i)
Manny (o)
Marry Me! (o)
Mary Stayed Out All Night (o)
Playful Kiss/Mischievous Kiss
My Girl (o)
My Name is Kim Sam-Soon
My Princess
Myung Wol The Spy (i)
Oh, My Lady
One Fine Day (o)
My Fair Lady (o)
Pasta
Personal Preference
Prosecutor Princess
Protect the Boss
Really Really Like You (o)
Scent of a Woman
Secret Garden
She Is Nineteen (o)
[Special Investigation Team]
Sungkyunkwan Scandal
Take Care of the Young Lady (o)
The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince
The Sons of Sol Pharmacy House (o)
The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry (o)
Three Dads One Mom
Witch Yoo Hee
Who Are You? (o)
You're Beautiful
TAIWANESE DRAMAS
Because of You [(o)]
Brown Sugar Macchiato (o)
Bull Fighting
Calling Big Star (i)
Devil Beside You (2x)
Down With Love (2x)
Easy Fortune Happy Life (i)
Fated to Love You (i)
Hana Kimi - Taiwan -
Hayate The Combat Butler (o)
Heaven's Wedding Gown (o)
Hi, My Sweetheart (o)
In Time With You (watching now)
It Started With a Kiss+They Kiss Again (o)
Love Buffet (o)
Love Contract (o)
Love You/Drunken to Love You
Marmalade Boy (i)
Meteor Garden (i)
Miss No Good
Momo Love (o)
P.S. Man
Prince Turns to Frog
Sunshine Angel (o)
The Magicians of Love (i)
ToGetHer
Why Why Love (o)
JAPANESE DRAMAS
Abarenbo Mama (o)
Absolute Boyfriend (o)
Atashinchi no Danshi
Attention Please
Boku to Kanojo no XXX (i)
Boys Este
Hana Kimi
Hana Yori Dango
Happy Boys (o)
Haruka 17
Himitsu no Hanazono
Honey And Clover (o)
Hotaru no Hikari (o)
Ikemen desu ne
Itazura na Kiss
Kimi wa Petto
Lovely Complex
Mei-chan no Shitsuji
Nobuta wo Produce
One Pound Gospel (o)
Ouran High School Host Club (o)
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge [Wallflower]
Yankee-kun to Megane-chan